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Stemwinder

[STEM-WIYN-dər]

Part of speech: noun

Origin: American English, 18th century

1.

(Informal) An entertaining and rousing speech.

2.

(Dated) A watch wound by turning a knob on the end of a stem.

Examples of Stemwinder in a sentence

"The candidate delivered a stemwinder so powerful, her lead rose in the polls the next day."

"The coach gave a half-time stemwinder that revived the team's energy and confidence to pull out a win."

illustration Stemwinder

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